K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For March 20th, 2018 – Morning

A 49-YEAR-OLD MAN NAMED TROY MABBITT WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN CASPER OVER THE WEEKEND AND POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED.
SGT. MIKE OGDEN SAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON'S SHOOTING REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

OGDEN SAYS SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, BUT HE WOULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER A FIGHT OCCURRED BEFORE THE SHOOTING. HE SAYS OFFICIALS KNOW THE IDENTITY AND WHEREABOUTS OF THE SHOOTER, BUT HE IS NOT IN CUSTODY.

OGDEN SAYS THERE IS A REASON THE MAN IS NOT IN CUSTODY, BUT HE WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THAT REASON.

TWO OTHERS WHO WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON SUNDAY HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED.

POLICE ARE WORKING WITH THE NATRONA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING ANY POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES.
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CASPER POLICE ON FRIDAY ARRESTED A WOMAN AFTER HER CHILDREN CALLED POLICE TO REPORT HER FOR DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

34-YEAR-OLD DORA LENA ROMERO WAS BOOKED ON A RECOMMENDED CHARGE OF ABANDONING OR ENDANGERING CHILDREN.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, AN OFFICER RESPONDED TO 1751 HYVIEW SHORTLY BEFORE 4:30 P.M. AFTER ROMERO'S ADULT DAUGHTER CALLED TO REPORT THAT ROMERO DROVE HOME WHILE INTOXICATED AND WAS WANTED BY AUTHORITIES IN ANOTHER COUNTY.

THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS ROMERO WAS ON PROBATION FOR DUI, AND HAD A WARRANT OUT OF LARAMIE COUNTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT AS WELL AS A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE.

EVERYONE ELSE AT THE HOUSE TOLD THE OFFICER THAT ROMERO WOULD DRIVE WHILE INTOXICATED ON A REGULAR BASIS, INCLUDING DRIVING THE 11-YEAR-OLD TO SCHOOL. THE OLDER SISTER USUALLY CARED FOR THE 11-YEAR-OLD BECAUSE ROMERO'S FIANCÉ WORKED OFTEN AND ROMERO WAS "CONSTANTLY INTOXICATED."

SHORTLY BEFORE 6 P.M., ROMERO RETURNED TO THE HOUSE. SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED, AND WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST.

A PORTABLE BREATH TEST ADMINISTERED TO ROMERO REVEALED A BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF .237 -- NEARLY THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT TO DRIVE -- ACCORDING TO CHARGING PAPERS.
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DESPITE THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE ABOUT NOT DRIVING AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOL.

THE CASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID MONDAY IT ARRESTED FIVE INDIVIDUALS FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED DURING THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND.

THE AVERAGE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF THOSE ARRESTED WAS 0.23 PERCENT, WHICH IS NEARLY THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT OF 0.08 PERCENT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO DECREASE DRUNK DRIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT NEEDS YOUR HELP.

PLEASE CALL 911 WHEN YOU SEE DRUNK DRIVERS.
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PROSECUTORS IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING HAVE DROPPED ANIMAL NEGLECT CHARGES AGAINST TWO BROTHERS AFTER PARK COUNTY OFFICIALS LEARNED THE FULL EXTENT OF THE EFFORTS THE MEN MADE TO RECOVER THE HORSES THAT THEY SAID WERE SPOOKED OUT OF THEIR HUNTING CAMP BY A GRIZZLY BEAR.

DAVID AND BRADLEY FLINT, WHO LIVE NEAR CHEYENNE, HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR HORSES RETURNED TO THEM. THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ABANDONING THREE HORSES IN THE SHOSHONE NATIONAL FOREST IN THE FALL OF 2016. A HUNTER FOUND TWO OF THE HORSES IN APRIL 2017. THE THIRD WAS FOUND DEAD.

U.S. FOREST SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RON OSTROM ALLEGED THE FLINTS' SEARCH EFFORTS WERE INSUFFICIENT.

PROSECUTOR RYAN SKORIC SAYS THAT AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED, IT BECAME CLEAR THE MEN HAD MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER THEIR HORSES DURING THE DIFFICULT WINTER.